Why not just build yourself a simple 440 ground plane first, and see how it works for you? You can make one in around 10 minutes for only a few bucks, and it might surprise you as to how well it actually performs.

Why not just build yourself a simple 440 ground plane first, and see how it works for you? You can make one in around 10 minutes for only a few bucks, and it might surprise you as to how well it actually performs.

I would not waste time with a 440 ground plane. Given that any feed line you use is going to have some loss you want at least some moderate gain to offset line losses and have a net positive gain. Also height is very important on 440. The higher the better.

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Look into dual band verticals. Comet, Diamond and others make great verticals. You can save some money and look into the "off brand" antennas such as Workman, Opek, Tram. In most cases you will find that the build quality are almost identical. These antennas are pretty rugged and will serve you well for many years.

The Hustler to get is the G6-440. It's a 440 only base antenna with about 6dbd gain. There are quite a number of them out there being used as repeater antennas. The only thing that might work better for you as an omni direction is a 8 dipole array. If you want more gain than that you will need to go with a beam.

I use Hustler single band base antennas for all my UHF/VHF work at home and they are good antennas. For 2 meter I have the G7-144For 220 the G7-220For 440 the G6-440

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